extramarital sex
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sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
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Britain’s ranking was "ascribed to factors such as the decline of religious scruples about extramarital sex, the growth of equal pay and equal rights for women and a highly sexualised popular culture".
Different societies demonstrate variable tolerance of extramarital sex.
The Standard Cross-Cultural Sample describes the occurrence of extramarital sex by gender in over 50 pre-industrial cultures.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, pp. 585, 587 Among the sample, 26% of females had extramarital sex by their forties.
In some cultures, sexual activity is considered acceptable only within marriage, while premarital and extramarital sex are taboo.
Since most married couples do not routinely use barrier contraceptives, citation STDs can be introduced to a marriage partner by a spouse engaging in unprotected extramarital sex.